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Sue Sanzari is the mom whose house everyone hangs out at. She’s always there with a laugh and delicious, feel good food. Usually tending her garden & loving her dogs, Sue just wants a simple life with her husband, Kirk and their three sons Brandon, Chad, and Dane or “Skeeter.”
Unfortunately, life isn’t always simple.
Sue’s life has been riddled with health complications. In the past year she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double mastectomy. After 5 surgeries and 3 chemotherapy treatments there was no sign of the cancer having spread or progressed.
Seemingly out of the woods but still facing several more months of chemo, Sue started to practice using head scarves, bows, and wigs after losing her hair (and she rocked it).
While dealing with the most recent chemo aftermath, Sue complained of a headache and was admitted to the hospital.
Shortly thereafter it was discovered that she had contracted a viral infection. Because of the chemotherapy, her immune system was severely impaired, allowing for the infection to spread to her brain. There, the virus inflamed her brain tissue, hindering her ability to move, speak, and breathe.
She was in a relatively comatose state for a little over two weeks before the doctors decided to try a treatment for auto-immune disorders. Coincidentally this is the same treatment (IVIG) that treats her youngest son’s blood disorder.
On Kirk’s birthday, just a day after her first IVIG treatment, Sue showed major improvements.
Expressive and responsive to our questions and stories, She is very much aware and her sense of humor shines through in her facial expressions. Still unable to move or speak, but definitely making awesome progress towards her recovery.
Last week, Sue was moved to a nursing center. She will receive physical therapy and speech therapy on a daily basis and is expected to be home by Christmas 2015.
Sue is a fighter. There is no doubt about that. She has fought hard and endured through every other ailment, including a nasty fall into an unfinished swimming pool which left her handicapped years before her cancer diagnosis.
Even after all of her countless surgeries, nerve damage, chronic pain, and cancer, this is her toughest fight yet.
The process of recovery is going to be a long one, with months of therapy, but with support and positivity from her loved ones, we know she will overcome this new challenge.
Your donations will be used to ease the stress of her extended hospital stay and specialized care costs. These funds may also be used to help her sons to come home and be by their mom’s side when she needs them most.
If you can't make a donation, please lend a hand and share Sue’s story. With help from all of you we can keep her recovery focused on healing.
Unfortunately, life isn’t always simple.
Sue’s life has been riddled with health complications. In the past year she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double mastectomy. After 5 surgeries and 3 chemotherapy treatments there was no sign of the cancer having spread or progressed.
Seemingly out of the woods but still facing several more months of chemo, Sue started to practice using head scarves, bows, and wigs after losing her hair (and she rocked it).
While dealing with the most recent chemo aftermath, Sue complained of a headache and was admitted to the hospital.
Shortly thereafter it was discovered that she had contracted a viral infection. Because of the chemotherapy, her immune system was severely impaired, allowing for the infection to spread to her brain. There, the virus inflamed her brain tissue, hindering her ability to move, speak, and breathe.
She was in a relatively comatose state for a little over two weeks before the doctors decided to try a treatment for auto-immune disorders. Coincidentally this is the same treatment (IVIG) that treats her youngest son’s blood disorder.
On Kirk’s birthday, just a day after her first IVIG treatment, Sue showed major improvements.
Expressive and responsive to our questions and stories, She is very much aware and her sense of humor shines through in her facial expressions. Still unable to move or speak, but definitely making awesome progress towards her recovery.
Last week, Sue was moved to a nursing center. She will receive physical therapy and speech therapy on a daily basis and is expected to be home by Christmas 2015.
Sue is a fighter. There is no doubt about that. She has fought hard and endured through every other ailment, including a nasty fall into an unfinished swimming pool which left her handicapped years before her cancer diagnosis.
Even after all of her countless surgeries, nerve damage, chronic pain, and cancer, this is her toughest fight yet.
The process of recovery is going to be a long one, with months of therapy, but with support and positivity from her loved ones, we know she will overcome this new challenge.
Your donations will be used to ease the stress of her extended hospital stay and specialized care costs. These funds may also be used to help her sons to come home and be by their mom’s side when she needs them most.
If you can't make a donation, please lend a hand and share Sue’s story. With help from all of you we can keep her recovery focused on healing.